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How to make your WordPress site much more usable for mobile browsers

Blogging Web Design & Dev Windows Mobile

After being appalled at what I saw when I viewed Simple Help in my Smartphone, I decided it was time to figure out a way to make this site more appealing to folks using mobile browsers. It didn’t take long for me to find Alex King’s WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. If you follow the instructions outlined in the README (included with the download) it only takes about 30 seconds to convert your WordPress installation to a very usable site for mobile web browsers.


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By Ross McKillop – September 21, 2007

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  1. The How-To Geek says

    How ironic… I was literally looking up information on mobile browsers and wordpress when your post came through Google Reader notifier.

    Great find!

    September 21, 2007, 8:06 pm

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